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Junior Salters and Noah Dahlman lead a visiting team that will treat this game as the National Championship. On the opposite end the 'Cocks just cannot be too pumped up for this one. SC obviously should get the W but in a pedestrian letdown effort they will struggle a little in an 8-10 point final.
Notre Dame is in a real revenge spot here (four straight losses to Georgetown), and I think it got a much-needed wake-up call with that loss at St. John’s and will show up raring to go against the Hoyas. After all, the Irish have been a strong bounce-back team of late (5-1 ATS in their last six games after a defeat and 4-0 ATS in their last four after an ATS loss). Lay the small price with the home team in what should be a very entertaining contest.
These two teams are talented, well-coached and extremely confident. Texas probably has the better collection of athletes, and McCoy is certainly the better of the two signal callers. That's not saying Ohio State doesn't have its share of playmakers, notably Wells, Pryor and Laurinaitis, but the 'Horns are simply the better team.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Texas 24, Ohio State 17
CFB Ohio St vs Texas 8:00 20* Ohio St +8.5
CFB Ohio St vs Texas 8:00 10* UNDER 52
CBB Georgetown @ Notre Dame 7:00 10* Georgetown +2.5
CBB Western Kentucky @ Miss St 8:00 10* Western Kentucky +7.5
NBA Golden St @ Utah 9:05 10* Utah -10.5
NBA Indiana @ Denver 9:05 10* UNDER 222.5
There are not too many people giving OSU a chance in this game. The last three big games for OSU have been huge losses, but the three teams they lost to Florida, LSU and this season USC might go down as some of the top teams in College Football history. Texas should be playing in a Title Game and feel they got snubbed. How many times do teams get into lower bowl games and just not show up? I think Texas will be focused for this game, but they have not seen a defense like Ohio State's all season. Ohio State's bread and butter is the running game however Texas actually was second best in the country at stopping the run. This could be due to the fact that everyone in the BIG 12 passed the ball, but still a very impressive stat. I think this game boils down to a bunch of OSU seniors playing their hearts out. These seniors have been through a lot of blowout losses in similar situations. Texas has a great offense, but I do think they get contained tonight. This is a pretty low total as it opened at 54 and now is at 52. Not too many people will be betting the Under tonight so why would Vegas move the line down? I would not be shocked to see OSU get the upset, but I do not see both teams scoring enough to push this over the total. Take the UNDER.
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